Sports

January 27, 2005

Sports Column: Road Block

By Chris Trenchard

In hopes of erecting a Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) that is a more accurate reflection of NCAA Division I men's basketball teams this year, the folks in charge of the RPI fastened a few loose screws during the offseaso...

January 27, 2005

Men’s Rugby: SB, Poly To Rekindle Rivalry

By Suzanne Heibel

With a leader named of Coach Battle, it should be obvious why the UCSB men's club rugby team is ready to fight. The real question is: will Cal Poly be ready for the war?

January 27, 2005

Club Bowling: SB Bowlers Strike In Tourney

By Jessica Vrazilek

The UCSB club bowling team placed sixth in the first annual Southern California Bakersfield Classic Tournament this weekend in Bakersfield, Calif. Santa Barbara considered their second tournament of Winter Quarter and fi...

January 26, 2005

Men’s Club Ultimate: Black Tide Finishes Second

By Monique Moyal

The recent rains were not strong enough to wash away the Black Tide. In its first tournament of the year, the UCSB men

January 26, 2005

UCSB a Breeding Ground for WNBA

By Michael Long

Although it

January 25, 2005

Softball: Tourney Vets Anchor Gauchos

By Anna Oleson-Wheeler

The UCSB softball team is hungering for more this year after reaching the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history last year. With a core of experienced players and some fresh new faces, Santa Barbara may be...

January 24, 2005

First-Place Tigers Pounce on UCSB

By Chris Trenchard

On a night that honored hardwood greats from Santa Barbara's past, Pacific (14-2 overall, 9-0 in the Big West) showed the largest Thunderdome crowd of the year where the power presently lies in the Big West.

January 24, 2005

SB Back to Old Ways

By Kip Hanson

In another offensive shootout, the UCSB women's basketball team (9-7 overall, 6-1 in the Big West) tamed Pacific (4-11 overall, 2-6 Big West) 74-61 on Saturday, shooting 50 percent on the night to return to the top of th...

January 24, 2005

Swimming: Gaucho Men Drown Pacific; Women Can’t Keep Pace

By Sean Lewis

Senior Lindsay Dalonzo and sophomore Jennifer Schwalb took first place in two events for Santa Barbara but were unable to hold back the strength of Pacific, losing 168-94. The men fared better, however, and ended the day...

January 24, 2005

Santa Barbara Splits Series With Brigham Young

By Jeff Gibson

After Friday night's upset 3-1 victory over #2 Brigham Young, Santa Barbara's winning wave closed out as the defending national champion Cougars split the weekend series, sweeping the UCSB men's volleyball team 3-0.

January 21, 2005

UCSB Shocks Northridge

By Chris Trenchard

The Gaucho Locos may have a knack for the derogatory, the ironic and the downright inappropriate, but it was evidenced in UCSB's 65-52 circumstantial upset over Northridge on Thursday night in the Thunderdome that they a...

January 21, 2005

Santa Barbara Nips CSUN

By Kip Hanson

The Gauchos hit another bright spot on their long and winding road through the 2005 season last night as they defeated Northridge 86-74 with 57 percent shooting in a highly offensive shootout.

January 21, 2005

BYU Heads West for Series

By Jeff Gibson

After winning the first two games of Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play, it seems that nothing can scare Gaucho men's volleyball -- not even defending champions BYU.

January 20, 2005

Student-Athletes Are Students, Too

By Michael Long

During the current scandal culture that pervades college athletics and blankets the whispers of academic negligence, it's comforting to know that UCSB takes pride in confidently enunciating each syllable of the word stud...

January 20, 2005

Autumn Coming Early to Santa Barbara

By Kip Hanson

After a slow season start while adapting to her first full year playing with the team after an injury-induced redshirt season last year, junior forward Autumn Nichols has begun to make a major difference. In her last fou...

January 19, 2005

2005 Baseball Preview: UCSB Yearns for Yesteryear

By Kelly Hayes

In 2001, the UCSB baseball team made its last appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Since then, the Gauchos haven't finished higher than fourth place in the Big West Conference and have been looking for some way to return t...